Doll



DOLL

Filed Feb. 18, 1937 INVENTORS ATTORNEY.

Patented May 9, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DOLL Robert H1.

Konikoff, Astoria, and Maurice A. Konikoff, New York, N.

Y., assignors to Konikoif Application February 18, 1937, Serial No.126,472

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in dolls, and more particularly hasreference to means in combination with a doll for establishing ductstherein and a chamber so that by feeding the doll water, the same passesthrough, wetting the diaper, and when spanked and turned upright. dropsof water appear at the eyes, simulating the actual crying by the doll,the wetting and the crying operations being independent and complete inthemselves.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a view in verticalelevation, parts being broken away, showing a doll constructed inaccordance with the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a rear view of theupper part thereof.

3 indicates the body of the doll, 4 the arms thereof, and 5 the legs,all of which are suitably connected in any well-known manner. The bodyand head of the doll are, of course, preferably hollow, as shown, and atank or container 6 is suitably secured in the head as by a bracket 1,the head preferably being in sections 8, 9, which may be pivotallyconnected by pins l0, and any other suitable provision may be made forinserting and securing the tank and its support in any desirable manner.

I I indicates a tube extending from the tank or reservoir 6 to the mouthl2, and I3 indicates a baby bottle containing water, and a perforatednipple to allow the water in the bottle l3 to be passed into the tube IIand tank ii while the doll is upon its back in the lap of the child.Another tube M allows a little of this water to pass to the outlet l5where, being diapered, the same is wet, and the child, discovering it,turns the doll face down, applying the customary spanking, after whichit sets the doll up and the remaining water in the tank 8 passes by wayof the tube It to the header H, to which are connected the tubes l8 andI9, having outlets in the corners of the eyes as shown, where tear dropsare formed, rolling down the face of the child, thus simulating the actof crying.

It will be apparent that by providing the foregoing arrangement ofopenings in the reservoir relative to the respective fluid conduitsleading to the mouth, eyes and lower end of the body portion, that nofluid will pass into the eye openings while the doll is in a horizontalor reclining position, although immediately upon introduction of thefluid into the reservoir a measure of this fluid will immediately passout at the lower end of the body portion.

When, however, the doll is set upright, this flow ceases inasmuch as thewater level in the reservoir is now somewhat below the level of the portleading into the conduit 14. Accordingly, since the water level is belowthis port it is also below the port leading into the tube llcommunicating with the mouth and no liquid returns through the mouthfrom whence it came originally. Thus, the remaining liquid passes outthrough the eyes in the form of tears. As a result, the desired humanobject is attained without manually actuated valves or other complicatedmechanism.

Of course, it will be understood that the tubes are small so that theamount of water passing therethrough is only suflicient to carry out thedesired effect, and the tubes to the comers of the eyesmay be stillsmaller, if desired, so as to allow drops to actually form beforerolling down the cheeks of the doll, thus more perfectly simulating thedesired effects, and in fact, various modifications may be made in theconstruction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spiritof the invention as claimed.

We claim:

A doll of the class described comprising hollow head and body portions,the head having a mouth opening and eye openings and eyes positionedwithin such latter openings, the body portion having an opening adjacentto the lower end thereof, a fluid reservoir positioned within the headof the doll, such reservoir having openings in the front and rearvertical walls thereof and another opening in the lower wall thereof, afluid conduit connecting the opening in the front vertical wall with themouth of the doll whereby liquid introduced into the month while thedoll is in a horizontal position will pass into the reservoir, a secondfluid conduit leading from the rear opening to the opening at the lowerend of the body whereby liquid so introduced into the reservoir willpass out of such latter opening while the doll is yet in such horizontalposition, and a third fluid conduit leading from the lower reservoiropening into the eye openings in the head, whereby fluid remaining inthe reservoir will pass out through such eye opening when the doll is ina substantially upright position, but not through such other openings.

MAURICE A. KONIKOFF. ROBERT H. KONIKOFF.

